Levi B. Gaylord
Born: September 23, 1840 at Boston, Massachusetts
Home Town: Boston, Massachusetts
Medal of Honor
American Civil War
U.S. Army
Date of Issue: June 22, 1896
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Levi B. Gaylord, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 25 March 1865, while serving with Company A, 29th Massachusetts Infantry, in action at Fort Stedman, Virginia. Sergeant Gaylord voluntarily assisted in working an abandoned gun, while exposed to heavy fire, until the enemy’s advancing line was routed by a charge on its left flank.